herman

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Solid State Phono Stages
The RIAA standard boost/cut is a range of 40 dB from 20-20KHz. Therefore, 0.4dB deviation is not critical.  That does not mean I am saying that RIAA correction is not NEEDED. Raul, you have taken what I said and totally twisted it out of context.... 
Solid State Phono Stages
As with any audio item almost always exist a " but " and in your unit is that’s weird that the RIAA deviation ( that’s the main critical characteristic along gain for a phono stage. ) has a swing of 0.4db !   rather silly to get excited about ... 
Solid State Phono Stages
  I just came across the MCCI Signature ULN myself two days ago and was very intrigued by it! Can you share where you got yours from? I can’t find any dealers in the USA and I trued contacting BMC directly and did not get a response. http://ww... 
Solid State Phono Stages
+1 for a transimpedance stage. With a 2.5 Ω impedance your cartridge is a perfect candidate. I had Esoteric e-02, Allnic 3000, and also had the Sutherland Loco. I've also had a Channel D Lino C which was good but not as good as the others, but it ... 
Audiogon is becoming the hub for scammers.
Yes well I bought a McIntosh preamp on Audiogon  used it worked for 4 months and is now Dead. this is not what is meant by being scammed. If it worked for 4 months so you got what you paid for, it just unfortunately died. That happens a lot wit... 
Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience?
  Canare 4S11, best budget speaker cable by far. https://www.markertek.com/product/4s11ft/canare-4s11-star-quad-14awg-4-conductor-speaker-cable-grey-per-foot add some locking bananas and you are done   https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Ex... 
Audiogon is becoming the hub for scammers.
 PayPal is at present the best way to guarantee that neither the buyer nor the seller is cheated or scammed. A seller doesn’t get his money until the buyer has received his goods and is genuinely satisfied that he’s gotten what he was promised. ... 
Audiogon is becoming the hub for scammers.
It’s the responsibility of the manufacturer. Before you allow your blood pressure to rise from my comment please allow me to explain. When you purchase a Ferrari, either new or vintage, the owner is entered in a registry so every owner is verifi... 
Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "?
spend the 700 bucks for a REGEN and see for yourself. If you don’t like it, it will sell in a matter of hours here on AG.   Wonder what this great switch is supposed to do. Will it send more bits? Or less bits? Or bigger bits? Or warmer bits? O... 
Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "?
I only wish that people who have nothing but theoretical postulates to reiterate would exercise some restraint. Dear Mr. Grunge.... amen I have absolutely no interest in hearing from the engineering crowd about why it can’t possibly work. I h... 
Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "?
anybody care to go back and see how many times this has been discussed on this and many other forums with the exact same results? Next time somebody wants to discuss this, please do just a tiny bit of research and see that it has been discussed ad... 
Guess How Big My Speakers Are
@herman but it is, and I’ve measured it. It’s not "real." It’s not the capability of the speaker so much as the resonance of the room.   I’ll try one more time and then leave you to it. I don’t care how much your room is adding to it, it is im... 
Guess How Big My Speakers Are
it is impossible that you are actually getting as much output at 20Hz as you are in the midband. @herman In an anechoic room you’d be correct. The room however bedevils those expectations, and that’s the point of the posting.  I'm going to sti... 
Guess How Big My Speakers Are
it is impossible that you are actually getting as much output at 20Hz as you are in the midband.  
Not Sure If This Is OK Here, But Here Goes
  i've always wondered about transactions using paypal f@f. why do they let you do that-they make no money! Friends and Family is intended for what it says. If you use it for buying/selling things then you are violating the terms you agreed to...